Scientists show how Vitamin D deficiency can cause heart failure

The new study has found that cardiac insulin leads to functional deterioration of heart in animals with low vitamin D levels

Half of all South Africans are overweight or obese. Warning labels on unhealthy foods help change that

Globally there’s been an increase in the availability and consumption of unhealthy food

Being declared dead when you’re still alive — why these very rare events occur

Fainting might also deceive the certifying doctor; activation of the vagus nerve occurs during fainting, slowing the heart and reducing blood pressure

Healthy lifestyle can overcome genetic risk of heart disease: study

Subjects who followed a low-fat diet reported higher levels of good cholesterol despite carrying a gene shown to increase risk of diabetes, shows …

Recovered COVID-19 patients had lasting heart damage, flags study

Around 80 of the 100 patients whose cardiovascular MRIs were examined had some structural changes to heart, finds peer-reviewed study

ICMR finds no links between unexplained deaths during COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines

Family history of sudden deaths, COVID-19 hospitalisation and high-risk behavioural factors could have increased risk of sudden cardiac deaths

Common antibiotic linked to cardiac death

Drug increases the risk of potentially fatal heart rhythm problems